1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465333203321

Autore

Raboy Marc <1948->

Titolo

Marconi : the man who networked the world / / Marc Raboy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-19-931359-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (888 p.)

Disciplina

621.384092

Soggetti

Electrical engineers - Italy

Inventors - Italy

Telegraph, Wireless - History

Telegraph, Wireless - Marconi system

Radio - Italy - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Marconi:  The man who Networked the World ; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS ; Plates ; Prologue: Marconi in His Time and Ours ; PART I: The Prodigy ; 1:  Bologna: Beginnings ; 2: Priority and Detractors ; 3:  London: Start_Up  ; 4: The Magician ; 5: New York: New Frontiers ; 6: Love and Imperialism ; 7: The Upstart Technology ; 8:  "The Great Thing" ; 9:  Newfoundland: The World Shrinks ; PART II: The Player ; 10: Corralling the Brand ; 11:  Regulation ; 12:  Marriage ; 13:  A Life in Litigation ; 14:  The Marconi Aura ; 15:  A New World Order ; 16:  On the Way to Somewhere

17: The Perfect Laureate PART III: The Patriot  ; 18: The Godsend ; 19:  Signals of War ; 20: Wireless and Disaster ; 21: "The Marconi Scandal" ; 22: The Invisible Weapon ; 23: "L'eroe magico" ; 24: The Statesman ; 25: The Spark ; PART IV: The Outsider ; 26: The Master of the House ; 27: The Beam Indenture ; 28: Radio ; 29: The Merger ; 30: The Anchor ; PART V: The Conformist ; 31: A Servant of the Regime ; 32: Science and Fascism ; 33: "Your Every Wish Is My Command" ; 34: Controlling His Legacy ; 35: The Heritage ; 36: He Only Cared About Wireless . . . ; POSTSCRIPT ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS



SOURCES AND ABBREVIATIONS Archival Sources ; Correspondents ; Newspapers ; Companies ; NOTES ; Prologue ; Chapter 1 ; Chapter 2 ; Chapter 3 ; Chapter 4 ; Chapter 5 ; Chapter 6 ; Chapter 7 ; Chapter 8 ; Chapter 9 ; Chapter 10 ; Chapter 11 ; Chapter 12 ; Chapter 13 ; Chapter 14 ; Chapter 15 ; Chapter 16 ; Chapter 17 ; Chapter 18 ; Chapter 19 ; Chapter 20 ; Chapter 21 ; Chapter 22 ; Chapter 23 ; Chapter 24 ; chapter 25 ; Chapter 26 ; Chapter 27 ; Chapter 28 ; Chapter 29 ; Chapter 30 ; Chapter 31 ; Chapter 32 ; Chapter 33 ; Chapter 34 ; Chapter 35 ; Chapter 36 ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The definitive biography of Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of global wireless communication.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996389486103316

Titolo

By the King [[electronic resource] ] : whereas one Thomas Percy, a gentleman pensioner to his Maiestie, is discovered to haue bene priuy to one of the most horrible treasons that euer was contriued .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London, : By Robert Barker, 1605]

Descrizione fisica

1 sheet ([1] p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

James, King of England,  <1566-1625.>

Soggetti

Gunpowder Plot, 1605

Broadsides17th century.London (England)

Great Britain History James I, 1603-1625

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Imprint suggested by STC (2nd ed.).

Line 8 begins "der"; line 2 of text has "priuy".

Imperfect: worn, with slight loss of print.

"Giuen at our Pallace of Westminster, the fift day of Nouember 1605. in the third yeere of our Reigne of Great Britaine."

Reproduction of original in: Society of Antiquaries.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0147